themoneybadger t1_j29tz8x wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:11 PM

Reply to comment by donttouchthirdrail in Nearly half of Philadelphia seniors still working to meet new state graduation requirements by User_Name13

This entire article is about alternate pathways for students to earn diplomas, its not like the state is making it hard, they are giving students more options.

Ng3me t1_j2a276c wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Incorrect. These are not alternative pathways in the sense that students struggled with conventional requirements. They are alternatives to a new testing requirement. Basically the state said “students now have to pass this test to graduate and if they don’t we have a tone of hoops for them to jump through instead.” The test and the alternative are new state mandated barriers to graduation.

JBizznass t1_j2apv11 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:36 PM

Why should students be allowed to graduate if they can’t meet some bottom barre standards? What’s the point of issuing a diploma to people who are still functional illiterate?

Ng3me t1_j2b7yxr wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:39 PM

I did not touch on that question at all. The testing requirement is entirely new this year and you have no idea what’s on it. You have no idea what those standards are or what opportunities are actually provided by the “alternative pathway”.